Calendering, embossing, and cutting machine



May 25, 19225. 1,539,052

J. A. MCCROHAN ET AL CALENDERING, EMBSSING, AND yCUTTING MACHINE Filed March 15 1924 v sheets-swat 1 May 26, 1925. 1,539,052

J. A. MCCROHAN ET AL CALENDERING, EMBOSSING, AND CUTTING MACHINE Filed March 15. 1924 @sneefs-snt 2 May 26, 1925.

J. A. MCCROHAN ET AL,

.CALENDERING, EMBOSSING, AND CUTTING MACHINE File/1 March 15. 1924 @Shebshet af d .ripplcahen filed 'Merch ME fffi.

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fui?. eieai inn?. ex: deseripien the same, ni e.. ie?) .anni nrnwmgs eonstitne par mi' Mns sgiipzenien um, represent inu imm l n s'fe View mi e rubber eni'ing" anni eliiiansaning eniendering machine com srueed in zweerzinnee with enr in\.'en:i0n.

Fig. e. front View me ne Seme.

Fig. 3 n side view, mrijg in swftinn, shewingf The relative position (n'' the vnriens TONS am! means for adjusting.

Fig. aa wreken detail View ei" edjufii'in'g ineens for he whle-mii.

" a broken View` showing: parts of @sing-Mi and enttiiiig-rm.

z-nn View ef n blank formed. in iie man-,nine anzi previf'ed wih :in ema..

. Yeni inn eate i fle improvements .in rubber enting` and einiiessiiig; eniendering :inwinnen irirtienlm'ljf adapta?. ifer forming nrieies; of 'n"e.'iai` er, meh ss efershoeis,

winne if; i" 'eine e prmvide die edges .vermi we er rib. :i d ie cn ent i .e firme. se that, weer.: enf. ntl. it 'mii be prevideci with an ein bessei. edge. iizlchines .er entting 'forms Meer Hwy have passed through calenderiols have n?. produced, and foils fer ern-- bassine' the @ge-S of znxiees here been used. The e'bjee' of iis inveniion is te Combine :in en'limssingfrei und zi Cuing-r01 with @ab enderiiig rolls, und. the 'inventiun eonsists in the eonstrneion as hereina'ler described p'ley e panzeif {vrienden-relis e and G. nrrnngjedside by side nnd mounted in a sniable frame 7. the bearings 8 for the ends of he roi! being adjustable hy means of -eipsian screws 9 mounted in ,gaies l@ pivot# :diy eenneeked at one end with die frame fri? the inne-inne. sind adapted i be Secured at she opposite end te iie frame of' fiile maehi. by screws il. ljiree'j; belen' the eaiender-r ui .is a third. @Mendel-fon l2j Il s .f mi Ji @ging tim bearings 13 e'i' which nre adapted. be be raised, und lowered by ssereis M pre' ai Unir iene-r enfle Wiii Worn. enr meehingf 'wiii worin@ fa aeziph be inrned in'engh n hevebgeer l@ meshing with ebevekpinien i? en ne iower ene ef :in operating-rod which prejees njpwnrii@ iy :1nd renrwzirdy? and is provided with im ope ain'g'liai1d--i\'ii,ee i9. L; Wiii be ende?" steed dyn? beil ends of ihe mii. 312 .fire 1 evided. ,'ii'h adjusting means ".ws. l and Ai', 'fne side of the eeienderdoii 12 iS :1n enlboesingyroil 2G, formed in its surface wiii einnmes 21 corresponding in ferm ie the design of lle embessingif de apparu? env the Surface, eik' 'die finished, nieie. "."Qiiie mail is aise monned in the sf aune and provided :n: apposite ends wii; bemfing-beeiiis :'Qndzipbed te he adjusted by capsnn screws 23 mounted 'in gaies 24- hinged ai; ff'reir upper ends in the fr-.ime and connected :n2 Their bevegem' 2H meshing 'wifi n bevel-pinion 3Q, et he imrr-r ends of en eperaingsh 3.2i, which. 1s nis@ preview?. :it Has upper end.

with :1n operating kamin-heel The Werne 3U nreieese en e. @haft 35 :m en

ixis shaft. ajzleent ie eneii worm, is d slid ing' {inten-ineinber 3G keye te the Siiif and adapted to be moved im@ or nut ei engagement with che 'worm by operatingimndles 37, Se that fue erni. i rol i'nny be adjusted at either el' been ends by e. hendivhee 34;

It will he understooc @mi @the (fallenden reis. emhossin-.re and euing-reli nre provided at the ends wih the usuel wheels b v 'which they :we moved at the de aired relaire speed and driven by any Snif able means, not shown.

Forward of the ealender-reii 6 is e. slab cenveymf 3S, driven frein one ef the shafts hy a sprocket-chain engaging; with n sprocket 40 en Fixe upper Simf: 4J. ef the cen- Verein he lower shaft 4Q. being; connected nih the upper shaft 411 by linke fixed. to L'he shaft 41.., which is previded at iis enter end. with :1 hnnflim'lieel 44., se that the ower end mi? the conveyor may be turned up were?. villen desired.

HEIFSMSMEC nein; .troni The surplus mat rial carried upward by the einbossin and onto the eoi'iveyor 38, by which it is ':varried up and delivered between. the roils 5 and o 'for further inanipulation and passage through thenia Chine, y

lilith. this construction, the entlingwoll may loeadjusted with relalion to the enibossing-roll, so that the distances between them" always eoirresi'minl to the projection o t the cutters beyonn the @uiting-roll. so that, as these wear down, the cutting-roll may be raised so as 'to aiwa'ys be i lNative until the Cutters are worn dim-n beiow a 'predetermined point, aeeordinir to the thickness ot the steen passingy throi Y i. l

The article ent out, ieren represent-ed in Lf'ig. is a blank 'for an. overshoe, und provided around its upper edge with an enibossed edge if; ot any desired eoi'ilignration, his embossing being formed in the snoek as it passes through the inaehine, so as to avoid l necessity of a seperate operation.

claim:

the ela'W sneeitied, the

i divination with e pair ealenderwrolls ringed side side, n third calender-roh arranged diroetly below the second cale-nden roli, an einbossingeL-{dl arranged forward oi' and in line with the third calender-roll, a ending-roll wronged below the embossingis'oib ineens tor driving said rolls said eet 'tingroll mounted on bearings on verticallyarranged screws, Aworin:gears on the lower stock may be out and' roll,

ends ot Said screws, worins meshing with said worin-gears, said worins arranged on a horizontal shatt. nie-ans 'tor con )lino said Y and in lino with the third cale derweil, a v

cutting-roll arranged below the e1nbossingroll, means tor driving said rolls, said eutting-rolls mounted on bearings on vertically arranged screws, lworin-gears on the lower ends ot said serews, worn'is meshing with said wornrgears, said worms arranged on a horizontal. shaft, ineens lor coupling said wornis with said shalt, and nieans for turning said worms, ineluding-;I an upwardly and forwardly projecting operating-shatt.

3. In rubber cutting and embossing calendering machines, the eoinbiinil'ion with a oaleinler-roll having a tixed axis o'lJ rotation, other calender-rolls emiperating.;r there/with and arranged in relatively diilerent planes "with respect thereto7 said last mentioned nalen ler-rolls being mounted for relative individual adjustment with respect to the lined calender roll and the direction et' surh adjustment being; at dill'erent angles, an adjustable embossing roll arranged adjacent to and in the saine plane as one ot the adjustable ealender-rolls and having a direction of adjustment lparallel to the remaining; calendenrollv` end an adjustable eultingroll adjacent said embossing-roll and having a direction of adjustmentparallel with that et the calender-roll mounted adjacent to the embossing-roll whereby various gan;j ol? embossed by rela ively adjusting the cutting-roll and einlnissingr^ ln testimony whereof, we have signed this specification in the presence ot two subseribing` witnesses.

JHN ANDREU? MCC'ROILX. HERBERT C. ERCH. Witnesses H. T. W/VINKELMANN, F. UIHLEIN.

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